• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.512-522
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• 2012

This study is focused on fish fauna and distributional features along with physical gradients and stream orders in the Tamjin River basin, Korea. Fish sampling and investigation were conducted for 2 years from 2009 to 2010. Total number of fish species collected were 47 species of 16 family. The group of cyprinidae was mostly abundant. Both fish abundance and biotic index were declined with increasing altitude and longitudinal distance from the river mouth. Two species of Zacco temminckii and Pungtungia herzi were prevalent in most of sampling sites and showed no altitudinal and longitudinal differences. Most other species, however, were spatially restricted to specific regional altitudes. Several species including Zacco platypus, Squalidus gracilis majimae and P. herzi were broadly distributed from river mouth to 50 km. Eight species including Z. temminckii and Rhynchocypris oxycephalus only appeared in over 10 km from the river mouth. Both Odontobutis platycephala and Pseudobagrus koreanus were classified as "upstream dewelling species" observed only in over 30 km from the river mouth. High proportion of tolerant and omnivorous species were more dominated in the downstream zone of the dam, whereas intolerant and insectivorous species were abundant in the upstream zone of the dam. The variable of stream order showed positive relationship between number of fish species and total individuals collected. Sensitive species including insectivore had a declining tendency with increasing stream order, while tolerant specie including omnivore species had relatively increased with stream order. Overall, our study suggested that fish distribution considerably depends on altitudinal gradient and longitudinal distance from the river mouth as well as physical habitat.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.309-317
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• 2002

In this study, water protection reservoir is selected as the target which is located at the estuary of Taehwa river to analyze and examine the effects of hydraulic structure on river environment. This study examined the water quality variation characteristics among many effects of hydraulic structure on river environment before and after removal of the sediment protection reservoir when low flow is yielded. This study aims at the definition of factors which cause the change of ecological environment of river due to the effects of the sediment protection reservoir, and the proposal of the direction of environmental friendly river space development through the comparison of stream variation conditions(depth, velocity, and etc.) and riverbed variation characteristics with ecological depth condition of Taehwa-river's channel for each representative species of fish and examination those. Firstly, from the examination result of water quality when low flow is yielded before and after removal of the sediment protection reservoir for problems about water quality of river due to flow amount decrease in river, it is found that DO decreases about 0.78~0.86ppm at the lower stream of Myeongchon-gyo, and BOD decreases about 0.06~0.24ppm from right upper stream to the direction of estuary when the sediment protection reservoir is removed. It is known from the above that there is some improvement of water quality from the lower stream of Taehwa-gyo to the estuary in case of removal the sediment protection reservoir. Nextly, it is thought that the effects on ecosystem due to water depth and draw down in channel is not serious on the basis of the examination of water quality analysis result according to removal of sediment protection reservoir and hydraulic depths for reservation of ecosystem, these are 10~40cm for breeding season, 10~50cm for fry period, and 10~100cm for adult period of the representative species of fish in Korea.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.369-380
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• 2021

In this work, we analyzed the effects of drought on the water temperature (WT) of Nakdong river basin major river sections using Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and WT data. The analysis was carried out on a seasonal basis. After calculating the optimal time scale of the SPI through the correlation between the SPI and WT data, we used the copula theory to model the joint probability distribution between the WT and SPI on the optimal time scale. During spring and fall, the possibility of environmental drought caused by high WT increased in most of the river sections. Notably, in summer, the possibility of environmental drought caused by high WT increased in all river sections. On the other hand, in winter, the possibility of environmental drought caused by low WT increased in most river sections. From the risk map, which quantified the sensitivity of WT to the risk of environmental drought, the river sections Nakbon C, Namgang E, and Nakbon K showed increased stress in the water ecosystem due to high WT when drought occurred in summer. When drought occurred in winter, an increased water ecosystem stress caused by falling WT was observed in the river sections Gilan A, Yongjeon A, Nakbon F, Hwanggang B, Nakbon I, Nakbon J, Nakbon K, Nakbon L, and Nakbon M. The methodology developed in this study will be used in the future to quantify the effects of drought on water quality as well as WT.

• 환경정책연구
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.47-70
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• 2007

최근 들어 환경생태의 중요성 인식과 풍요롭고 환경적으로 안정된 생활을 영위하고자 하는 국민들의 욕구가 증대하고 있다. 이에 따라 물을 대하는 국민의 요구도 수질 및 수량관리에서 한 걸음 더 나아가 하천의 생태계를 보전하고 하천의 정상적인 기능을 회복시켜 건전한 하천환경 유지에 대한 수요도 증가하고 있다. 이러한 국민의 요구에 부응할 수 있도록 환경유량에 대한 개념을 정립하여 하천관리는 환경유량과 연계하여 취수를 허락하고, 자연에 가깝게 생태계를 보전하고 관리하여야 한다. 우리나라에서 환경유량은 하천관리 측면에서의 하천유지용수 개념으로 도입되었다. 우리나라에서 하천유지용수 산정은 아직도 인간 위주의 용수이용기능을 중점적으로 고려한 것으로 순수한 환경유량의 의미로서 환경생태적 관점에서 정의되고 강조되지 못했다. 환경유량은 하천유지용수에서 더 발전하여 생태계의 건전성 유지에 강조를 둔 새로운 개념으로 전환되어야 한다. 즉, 환경유량은 하천의 기능과 하천이 가지는 본래의 가치를 유지하기 위해 필요한 유량으로 정의하고 이는 각종 경제활동 유지를 위한 용수 공급, 위락, 심미, 수질, 수력발전, 주운 등을 위한 용수와 동일가치 또는 그 이상에서 고려하여야 한다.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.441-452
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• 2020

하천환경평가는 현재의 하천환경을 조사하고 평가함으로써 하천복원 사업의 목표와 방향을 설정하고, 사업 직후에는 동일한 방법으로 재평가를 시행함으로써 하천사업이 목표에 맞도록 제대로 이루어졌는지를 판단하기 위한 방법으로 널리 적용되고 있다. 그간 서울시는 훼손된 하천의 물리적 형태 및 생태적 기능을 회복시키는 사업으로 지난 2000년대부터 한강 대부분의 지류에 대하여 생태하천복원이 진행되었으며, 복원이후에 하천환경은 다양하게 변화하였다. 본 연구에서는 서울시 관할 28개 하천을 대상으로 하천별로 물리특성, 수질특성, 생태특성을 평가하고 이를 세가지 특성을 종합적으로 평가하였다. 연구결과, 물리특성은 대부분의 하천이 II-III 등급이며, 수질특성 분석에서 대부분의 하천들은 III-IV 등급, 생물특성인 수생태계건강성평가 결과를 바탕으로 한 훼손하천 등급에서는 모든 하천이 D-E 등급으로 낮게 평가되었다. 따라서 서울시 모든 하천이 수질과 수생태계건강성에 있어서는 건강하지 못한 환경이라는 결과가 도출되었으며, 보다 장기적이며 체계적인 개선이 이루어져야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• 환경생물
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.207-217
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• 2021

본 연구는 전국자연환경조사 어류 데이터를 이용하여 국내 담수 생태계에 도입된 배스의 분포 현황을 파악하고 공간분석을 통해 핫스팟 지역을 분석하였다. 위해성 평가를 통해 배스의 잠재적 침습성을 평가하여 수생태계 생물 다양성 교란에 대한 영향을 재고하였다. 분포 분석 결과, 제주도 지역을 포함하여 한강권역과 낙동강권역, 금강권역, 영산강·섬진강권역 전체에서 분포하는 것으로 분석되었다. 낙동강권역에서 가장 높은 출현율을 나타내었으며, 제주도 지역을 제외한 영산강·섬진강권역에서 비교적 낮은 출현율을 나타내는 것으로 분석되었다. 배스의 공간적 군집 밀도가 높은 지역으로는 낙동강권역의 낙동강수계가 선정되었으며, 반대로 낮은 지역으로는 한강권역과 금강권역의 인접한 지역으로 분석되었다. 국내 대부분의 담수하천에 서식하는 것으로 나타난 배스의 위해성 평가를 실시한 결과, 31점의 높은 침습성을 보이는 것으로 분석되었다. 본 연구를 통해 우리나라 담수 생태계에 정착한 것으로 파악되는 생태계교란종인 배스로부터 실질적인 관리 우선지역을 도출하여 담수 생태계 다양성 보전을 위한 과학적 기초자료를 마련할 수 있을 것으로 전망한다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.61-70
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• 2016

Major objectives of the study were to analyze chemical and biological influences of the river ecosystem on the artificial weir construction at three regions of Sejong-Weir (S_j-W), Gongju-Weir (G_j-W), and Baekje-Weir (B_j-W) during 2008-2012. After the weir construction, the discharge volume increased up to 2.9 times, and biological oxygen demand (BOD) and electrical conductivity (EC) significantly decreased (p < 0.05). Also, the decrease of total phosphorus (TP) was also evident after the weir construction, but still hyper-eutrophic conditions, based on criteria by , were maintained. Multi-metric model of Index of Biological Integrity (IBI) showed that IBI values averaged 21.0 (range: 20-22; fair condition) in the B_wc, and 14.3 (range: 12-18; poor condition) in the A_wc. The model values of IBI in S_j-W and G_j-W were significantly decreased after the weir construction. The model of Self-Organizing Map (SOM) showed that two groups (cluster I and cluster II) of B_wc and A_wc were divided in the analysis based on the clustering map trained by the SOM. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was similar to the results of the SOM analysis. Taken together, this research suggests that the weir construction on the river modified the discharge volume and the physical habitat structures along with distinct changes of some chemical water quality. These physical and chemical factors influenced the ecosystem health, measured as a model value of IBI.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.184-192
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• 2023

최근 외래어종의 유입은 어류 서식처의 생물 다양성 위협 및 생태계 파괴를 가져오기도 한다. 최근 이루어지는 하천사업은 환경적인 기능을 고려하고 있다. 비닐하우스 등 관리하기 어려운 하천변 시설을 철거하고, 생태공원 등을 조성하여 수중생태계의 다양성을 제공하기 위한 하천공간으로의 환경적 요소를 고려한 정비도 수행하였다. 하지만 이러한 자연친화적인 하천사업에도 불구하고, 외래어종은 환경공간을 파괴하고 하천 생태계에 악영향을 미칠 수 가능성을 가지고 있다. 본 연구는 낙동강 본류에서 어류상 조사 및 우세종/외래어종 점유율 분석을 수행한 것이다. 이 자료는 생태공원의 외래어종 관리방안을 마련하기 위한 목적으로 활용될 것이다.

• 한국시스템다이내믹스연구
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.97-120
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• 2006

This paper deals with the extension of and discussion on the System Dynamics model (Jeong & Jeon, 2005) of river crabs in Korea. The previous model has been elaborated to empirically search for the optimal restoration and harvest rates of crabs in the Imjin River, on the basis of theoretical models of population dynamics in the field of bio-mathematics and environmental economics. In this paper, the authors tries to couple a series of new feedback loops related to density restrictions and cannibalistic behaviors with a stage-structured model of the crab ecosystem, and also to endogenize the parameter of baby crabs' survival that is caused by water quality improvement and income increase. Through these extensions and relaxations, the authors are able to argue about the strategic decision of the optimal rates additional considerations as well as the properties of the integrated system that was not covered in the previous paper.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.153-167
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• 2009

Riparian vegetation gives basic habitats for animal and other biological organisms. It is one of essential landscapes in river ecosystem. This floral study was conducted to give basic information for management of the Geum river ecosystem. We discovered total 69 plant communities out of 40 sites studied and mean 8 plant communities were analysed per study site. Salix koreensis and Salix subfragilis community were dominant of all communities at tree layer and Salix gracilistyla and Rubus parvifolius were dominant communities at shrub layer. Phalaris arundinacea, Phragmites japonica, Miscanthus sacchariflorus and Artemisia princeps var. orientalis appeared most as perennial grasses and Humulus japonicus, Persicaria thunbergii and Persicaria hydropiper appeared most as annual grasses. Robinia pseudoacacia, Amorpha fruticosa and Bidens frondosa were frequently present as exotic species. Grass communities were higher than tree communities because of human disturbance by artificial banks. The number of species was 182 appeared as 53 families 144 species, 34 varieties and 4 forma and mean species number was 25.5 per site. The most abundant site was Yanggang bridge site (14 vegetation association, 49 species) and the least abundant site was Namdaechon, Muju site (3 vegetation association, 12 species). We suggest that continuous riparian vegetation monitoring should be carried out to manage water environment ecologically.